CBI registers FIR against Anil Ambani, Reliance Communication in Rs 1,085 crore bank fraud case

The Central Bureau of Investigation has registered a case against industrialist Anil Ambani in connection with a Rs 1,085 crore bank fraud case. The case was filed on the basis of a complaint by Punjab National Bank, and also names his company Reliance Communications Limited and its former director Manjari Ashok Kacker. The development mere days after the Enforcement Directorate summoned Ambani for questioning in a money laundering case.

According to the FIR registered by the agency on March 5, the complaint was lodged by one Santoshkrishna Annavarpu. He is the Chief Manager of the bank’s Stressed Assets Management Branch in Mumbai.